Acting chief investigative judge in Beirut, Bilal Halawi, has scheduled a hearing for Thursday, September 19, in the case of former Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh, during which witnesses Naaman Naddour, a director at the Central Bank, and Pierre Kanaan, who previously headed the Bank’s legal affairs department, would testify.
Naddour and Kanaan were supposed to testify this morning during the second hearing of Judge Halawi's investigation into transactions made from the Central Bank’s legal advice account, a case for which Salameh was arrested on September 3.
However, they both failed to appear before the judge, citing that the three-day notification period for their summons had not been respected.
Central Bank lawyer Marwan Issa el-Khoury, who was also summoned as a witness, is currently abroad, and a new hearing date will be scheduled for him.
On the other hand, Michel Tueni, another lawyer of the Central Bank, appeared at the Palace of Justice, where he testified for nearly thirty minutes in the same case.
Naddour and Kanaan were supposed to testify this morning during the second hearing of Judge Halawi's investigation into transactions made from the Central Bank’s legal advice account, a case for which Salameh was arrested on September 3.
However, they both failed to appear before the judge, citing that the three-day notification period for their summons had not been respected.
Central Bank lawyer Marwan Issa el-Khoury, who was also summoned as a witness, is currently abroad, and a new hearing date will be scheduled for him.
On the other hand, Michel Tueni, another lawyer of the Central Bank, appeared at the Palace of Justice, where he testified for nearly thirty minutes in the same case.
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